Decision Maker: Cabinet

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

Date of Decision: September 17, 2024

Purpose: This report is to ask Cabinet to agree to enter into a S75 Legal Agreement in order to pool and receive the Better Care Fund Monies for the current financial year. It is a national planning requirement of the BCF that a s75 underpins the BCF plan between local authorities and their ICB.

Content: RESOLVED:   A.   That Cabinet delegated authority to the Executive Director for Adult Social Care, Integrated Care and Public Health in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Health & Social Care,: • To negotiate and finalise the terms for the s75 Agreement for Better Care Funded Services between the Council and the SWL ICB • To negotiate and finalise appropriate terms for any variations to the s75 Agreement for Better Care Funded Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Health & Social Care.   B. The Cabinet agreed to enter into a S75 agreement, retrospectively, covering the financial year 2023/24 (the first financial year of the current BCF Plan), in accordance with the Council’s constitution and in order for the 2023/24 s75 agreement to have legal sign off.